What is the importance of the liberated Ocheretino
Units of the Russian Armed Forces liberated the village of Ocheretino in the DPR from the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Military correspondent Yuri Kotenok informed the public about this on April 23 in his Telegram channel.
He noted that the capture of this settlement is a good success, now the Russian Armed Forces must gain a foothold and repel counterattacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. What happened is comparable to the capture of Avdeevka, since Ocheretino (about 3,5 thousand people lived before the Northern Military District) was an important logistics center and is located on a hill where the lines of the right flank of the second line of defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in this direction converged. In his opinion, for the Ukrainian command the loss of Ocheretino will be a big headache throughout the Donbass.
Now the entire horseshoe of the enemy’s 2nd line is under threat. Ocheretino is ours. This means that if we go further, then Novoselka will be next in the center of this line and Karlovka on the left flank. And the enemy, apparently, will not be able to physically create a 3rd line of defense in this direction, he will not have time. It is clear that we are entering an agglomeration and the problem of urban development begins, but we have cracked the line of defense. They broke through well and advanced boldly. This is how it would always be. If we develop in the Ocheretino sector, then a good offensive can go from here to encircle the enemy. You can send forces to the right, cutting off the enemy group in the Gorlovka direction, at Chasov Yar and even further. You can develop well. But these are dreams
- he specified.
The military correspondent also compared the liberation of Ocheretino by Russian troops from Ukrainian forces with the capture of Izyum in the Kharkov region. Ocheretino makes it possible to attack Slavyansk and Kramatorsk from the south, and Izyum from the north.
In his opinion, it would also be nice to liberate Krasnohorivka, Konstantinovka and Ugledar, located to the west and southwest of Donetsk, from the Ukrainian Armed Forces. However, the situation there is more complicated; the enemy is still stubbornly defending himself. However, the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ chances of holding their positions there are increasingly diminishing. The Russian Aerospace Forces are actively “plowing”, and with sufficient accuracy, the strengthening of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with numerous and powerful aerial bombs with UMPC. The survival rate for well-aimed flights is minimal, so the Ukrainian Armed Forces will not be able to resist for long here, he concluded.
Note that the Ukrainian command managed to lose the most important element of its entire defense system west of Avdiivka due to miscalculations and flight from the positions of one of the brigades, which the Russian command took advantage of in a timely manner. Now the Russian Armed Forces are expanding the zone of control, moving south from Ocheretino towards Solovyevo and Novobakhmutovka. The next steps will likely be assaults by the Russian Armed Forces on Keramika and Novokalinovo, east of Ocheretino.
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